CVE-2020-8443

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow during the cleaning of crafted syslog msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by ossec-remoted).

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
84.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

January 30, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 20, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

OSSEC - World's Most Widely Used Host Intrusion Detection System - HIDS

https://www.ossec.net/
generic

OSSEC: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-33) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
generic

OSSEC-HIDS Security Audit Findings · Issue #1821 · ossec/ossec-hids · GitHub

https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821
generic

CVE-2020-8443: analysisd: OS_CleanMSG off-by-one heap overflow cleaning syslog msgs. · Issue #1816 · ossec/ossec-hids · GitHub

https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1816

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-8443?
CVE-2020-8443 is a critical vulnerability published on January 30, 2020. In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow during the cleaning of crafted syslog msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by…
When was CVE-2020-8443 disclosed?
CVE-2020-8443 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 30, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-8443 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-8443 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 84.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-8443?
CVE-2020-8443 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-8443?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-8443, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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